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3. The United States ordered that all children no longer had the right to go to school because it

was not an amendment.
What right was violated?
Amendment?

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Answer:

While education may not be a "fundamental right" under the Constitution, the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment requires that when a state establishes a public school system (as in Texas), no child living in that state may be denied equal access to schooling.

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